Saturday, May 30, 2026

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one of 137 woodcuts to memorialize Emperor Maximilian. No, I'm not making that up

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two 1939 Lago were built for the French GP, but instead, were smuggled out of Europe to the USA in 1941, to race in the Indy 500, but instead, raced Pike's Peak t

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remarkable attempt at winning the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1952 almost worked, the driver was 44 minutes from winning... and then he downshifted one gear too many, over revved the engine, broke a con rod.

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I came across an interesting magazine at Lightbox Expo last fall, the Art Directors Guild magazine, Perspective. This issue had a VERY in depth look at the Fast and Furious movies sets

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  Check out a digital recent issue  at  https://adg.org/perspective /

a couple interesting license plates I've seen recently

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Tulsa set out to make a Guiness record, and accomplished it today, the Longest Car Parade with 3596 cars! The previous record was set in Puerto Rico in 2017, and that was 2,491 vehicles

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To qualify for Tulsa’s record attempt, participating vehicles were required to be at least 30 years old, meaning model year 1996 or older. G...

Susan Young Browne just renewed her drivers license, to keep driving until the age of 115.

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https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/108-year-old-delaware-woman-renews-her-drivers-license-to-2033-works-out-thrice-a-week

a moron officer in the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office issued a ticket to a woman for holding a phone in her right hand. She does NOT HAVE A RIGHT HAND. What a damn braindead cop, what a buffoon

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The citation, issued Feb. 11 along North Dixie Highway in Lake Worth Beach, accused the driver of violating Florida’s wireless communication...